Cities have burned, flooded, and rebuilt. Cities have been abandoned. But only one city ...

In Northern Sweden, an entire city is being relocated in a decade-long project to keep the city alive. The startling urban planning project provides a quirky backdrop to an exploration of this ...

The relocation of Kiruna in Sweden’s Arctic has reached its most symbolic moment yet, as the city’s landmark wooden church is moved whole to a new site after standing in place for more than a century.

KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — How do you move one of Sweden's most beloved wooden churches down the road? With a little engineering, a lot of prayer — and some Eurovision for good luck. The Kiruna Church — ...

Kiruna Church was moved at a speed of just 0.5 km (0.31 miles) per hour over two days Completed in 1912, the Kiruna Church is considered one of Sweden's most important architectural landmarks Kiruna ...

As the northernmost city in Sweden, Kiruna is used to seemingly endless winters, short, cold summers, and relative isolation in the vast expanse of Swedish Lapland. Its population, just shy of 20,000, ...

When mining forced Kiruna to relocate, the city planners took the opportunity to modernize. But with a large square, city streets and tall buildings located in a depression, residents have already ...

Thousands of residents are being relocated in Sweden's northernmost city of Kiruna, which lies 145 kilometers (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle. Kiruna is on the move because of ground subsidence ...

Even the 2pm setting sun, suffusing frigid Lapland below and ruddy clouds above with coppery good cheer, can’t outshine it. From thousands of feet up it flashes like a lighthouse and dominates the ...

KIRUNA, Sweden ― Near the top of the world, more than 90 miles into the Arctic Circle, lies Kiruna. Nestled between two mountains, it’s a small but sprawling city of 18,000 people with views over two ...

To avoid falling into the mine it grew up around, Sweden’s northernmost city is knocking down 3,000 homes, schools and a hospital, and starting a redesigned centre a safe distance away. How do ...